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What is a Romance group of languages?

There is a group of languages that originate from the form of Latin spoken by ordinary people in ancient Rome. These languages are called Romance languages. These are French, Provencal (including Catalan), Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Moldovan languages, as well as their dialects. The Romance languages originated in Europe in different parts of the Roman Empire. When Roman soldiers, merchants and colonialists appeared in these areas, they forced the indigenous population to speak their language.

In ancient Rome, there was a classical Latin language. This is the language of writers, speakers, official communication. But at the same time, there was the everyday speech of ordinary people. Their language was called Vulgar Latin. It originated in Rome and spread throughout the provinces. But there were also local differences, separate nations began to emerge. And Vulgar Latin gave birth to many new languages.

Time passed. The various Romance languages began to differ even in pronunciation. Words from other languages began to appear in them. For example, French includes almost 4 Teutonic words. During the Crusades, the French language was replenished with words of Greek and Arabic origin. There are many words in Spanish that come from Arabic. At the same time, the Romance languages began to break up into dialects. People in one part of the country began to speak a language slightly different from the language in another part of the country. In Paris, for example, the French language is not exactly the same as that spoken in other parts of France.

Author: Likum A.

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